Fun Foodie Experiences and Tours in Victoria B.C.

Victoria's Inner Harbor

Victoria, the waterfront superior of British Columbia, is experiencing a roar successful its culinary, brew and spirits scene. New restaurants, pubs and nutrient tours are popping up crossed the metropolis successful 2023.

A amusive information is that Victoria has much restaurants per capita than immoderate different metropolis successful Canada. Named aft Queen Victoria, the metropolis is 1 of the oldest successful the Pacific Northwest. British colony started successful 1843, and passim the metropolis the power of the Queen resides everyplace 1 looks. The metropolis has besides been crowned the “Brunch Capital of Canada,” arsenic eating continues to blossom.

A solemnisation of farmers, chefs and the nutrient they make takes spot connected August 5 at Food Day Canada.

Legislative Assembly - Jill Weinlein

Off the Eaten Track offers a three-hour walking circuit with stops on the mode to bask a progressive four-course repast from immoderate of Victoria's apical restaurants. It's a large mode to get acquainted with the city, portion enjoying immoderate section farm-to-table dishes.

Recently the institution launched a new Fine Dining Evening Tour this summer. Participants conscionable wrong the historical Steamship Terminal gathering and commencement walking and learning astir the historical sights successful the city. The archetypal halt is the trendy Bar 500 for a sparkling solid of BC vino and an amuse bouche. 

Next the nutrient circuit usher leads foodies on the interior harbor to the award-winning The Courtney Room wrong the Magnolia Hotel. Chef Brian Tesolin presents an array of appetizers, utilizing foraged and seasonal workplace grown ingredients. This moving meal includes 2 appetizers, a main people and dessert. Optional vino pairings is an further fee.

Other progressive nutrient tours by Off The Eaten Track see a Modern Chinatown Food and History Tour, Eat Like a Canadian, and a Downtown Food and City Tour. Private tours tin beryllium arranged too.

Pedal astir Victoria - Jill Weinlein

The Pedaler in Victoria is simply a motorcycle rental and motorcycle circuit institution that is collaborating with Off the Eaten Track for an 'Eat, Drink and Pedal tour. 

Guests volition beryllium fitted for a helmet and person a bicycle oregon e-bike. During the tour, guests volition observe immoderate of Victoria's trendiest neighborhoods, portion sampling delicious nutrient and drinks. Visiting Victoria's beloved Root Cellar market stores, participants volition illustration their celebrated greenish sauce, voted 1 of the champion things to devour successful the city. It's truthful bully they service implicit 25,000 tubs of it each year. This peculiar condiment is served with in-house roasted chickenhearted oregon seasonal vegetables.

Next pedal to BoomTown to illustration their iconic burritos. Sit retired connected 1 of the largest al fresco patios successful Victoria, to bask the flavors of Mexican cuisine portion watching the radical locomotion and thrust by. Afterward, riders volition research historical Fernwood to person a portion of pizza astatine Fernwood Pizza and a sensation of the homemade smoked sriracha dip.

Back connected the bikes, participants volition pedal to beauteous Fairfield for a peculiar cooky from the charming Deer & Dough Bakery, earlier riding on the stunning waterfront for a halt of java oregon locally made soda with in-house manus roasted peanuts astatine For Good Measure.

The Pedaler is besides offering a caller Evening Experience for cruise passengers who privation to research Victoria’s nutrient country during their halt ashore. There is besides a Hoppy Hour Tour for those who bask pedaling and stopping astatine a section brewery and parkland for refreshments and views. The Castles, Hoods & Legends circuit rides to iconic landmarks. Visit the narrowest thoroughfare successful North America and the tallest freestanding totem rod on the ride. 

Fairmont Empress Hotel - Jill Weinlein

Every visitant successful Victoria BC, should enactment oregon halt into the historical Fairmont Empress Hotel for an elegant day beverage ceremonial oregon their caller Sunset Sips. Guests person a prime of 21 elegant loose-leaf teas served successful royal china, a acquisition from her Majesty successful 1939. Tiered towers clasp savory and airy beverage sandwiches, caller effect and pastries during the day celebration. This has been a contented astatine the edifice for much than 115 years. 

In the evening, wide solid teapots determination tea-infused cocktails into solid beverage cups, arsenic guests bask savory tapas and saccharine treats connected a three-tier operation during Sunset Sips.

Dinner astatine Q astatine the Empress

Victoria has precocious welcomed respective caller chefs and restaurants successful 2023, including Q astatine the Empress. Oozing opulence with affluent cherry wood ceilings and spectacularly elaborate moldings honoring the past, Q astatine the Empress is a nod to Queen Victoria, with a playful modern twist connected royalty. 

Located successful the astir storied country successful Victoria, it is simply a must-visit culinary acquisition for Pacific Northwest cuisine. Chefs supply determination ingredients successful each crockery based connected their partnerships with section farmers and artisans. They besides utilize their ain chef’s herb, rootlike anf chromatic bee plot to guarantee a caller and unsocial meal.

Dine extracurricular successful Victoria - Jill Weinlein

Other restaurants worthy visiting include Fathom at the Hotel Grand Pacific offering a seafood-forward menu. New cook Peter Kim takes inspiration from the rugged West Coast successful preparing sea-to-table fare.

Touted arsenic 1 of the astir elegant good eating experiences successful Victoria, Ugly Duckling is located successful 1 of the beauteous practice buildings successful Chinatown. Gathering ingredients from Vancouver Island to marque everything by hand.

The caller tapas and vino bar Bray's offers a unsocial eating acquisition with seasonal small plates paired with section and internationally-renowned wines.

Vancouver Canucks and TopTable Group owners opened the caller Marilena Cafe & Raw Bar on June 28, 2023. Guests person a prime of nigiri, sashimi and sushi rolls from the earthy barroom led by Chef Clark Park.

Those looking for gluten-free options, The Art of Slow Food bakery and cafe utilizes section integrated ingredients and traditional gluten-free methods of nutrient preparation. 

Visit Tourism Victoria for adjuvant suggestions of wherever to stay, devour and explore.